{"title":"Studying ATP synthesis in situ","authors":"Benjamin McIlwain","doi":"10.1038/s41589-024-01768-1","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18832,"journal":{"name":"Nature chemical biology","volume":"20 11","pages":"1387-1387"},"PeriodicalIF":12.9000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nature chemical biology","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41589-024-01768-1","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
线粒体在补充用于提供细胞能量的分子--ATP 方面起着至关重要的作用。这是通过将质子(H+)穿过线粒体内膜的运动与氧化磷酸化最后一步中 ATP 合成酶的旋转运动紧密结合来实现的。线粒体内膜的褶皱被称为嵴,它提供了一个大的、离子不可渗透的表面区域,上面布满了呼吸酶,包括 ATP 合成酶二聚体。以前曾测定过分离的 ATP 合成酶的结构,并观察到将其重组到脂质体中后,会自发形成二聚体行,使脂质体膜弯曲;但 ATP 合成酶在其自然环境中的结构尚未测定,因为自然环境中保留了电化学质子梯度。现在,Dietrich 等人利用低温电子断层扫描(cryo-ET)技术,确定了单细胞藻类多孔菌(Polytomella)线粒体 ATP 合成酶的结构。研究小组观察到了平行排列的 ATP 合成酶二聚体,它们以左旋螺旋几何形状围绕嵴脊扭转。ATP 合成酶二聚体的排列决定了嵴的形状。
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